STATUTORY INTERPRETATION TOPICS: Preliminaries Rules and approaches Aids to interpretation Impact of EU and HRA PRELIMINARIES Statutory interpretation is the way by which the parts of a statute are interpreted in order to understand what Parliament might have intended by passing that particular statute. Statutes are not user friendly. They are written in technical form and not too easy to understand (ambiguity). The words used in statues may have different meanings which indicate
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STATUTORY COUNCILS Labour Relations Act 28 of 1956 includes as one of the aims of the Act‚ the prevention and settlement of disputes between employers and employees. Industrial councils were the primary institution for collective bargaining; generally they were system that involved a form of centralised bargaining in a particular industry or segment of an industry (Alan Rycroft‚ Barney Jordaan‚ 1992:146) Industrial councils consisted of representatives from one or more employer parties and one
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Statutory duties Main statutory duties of a director are provided by s.132 • Where a director breaches common law duties‚ these statutory provisions impose criminal liabilities. • S.132(1) is a general provision that requires directors to act ‘honestly’ at all times and use reasonable diligence in the exercise of their powers. Any breach of fiduciary duty • Duty imposed on directors to avoid conflict of interest by not using confidential information they obtain by virtue of their position
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STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS 1. Statutory Construction - is the art or process of discovering and expounding meaning and intention of the authors of the law‚ where that intention is rendered doubtful by reason of the ambiguity in its language or of the fact that the given case is not explicitly provided for in the law - is the drawing of warranted conclusions respecting subjects that lie beyond the direct expression of the text‚ conclusions which are in the spirit‚ though not
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The began when Singapore gained its independence and became a republic following an ejection fromMalaysia on 9 August 1965.[1] After the separation‚ the fledgling nation had to become self-sufficient‚ and faced problems including mass unemployment‚ housing shortages and lack of land and natural resources such as petroleum. During Lee Kuan Yew’s term as prime minister from 1959 to 1990‚ his administration curbed unemployment‚ raised the standard of living and implemented a large-scale public housing
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Order Code 97-589 Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends Updated August 31‚ 2008 Yule Kim Legislative Attorney American Law Division Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Recent Trends Summary The Supreme Court has expressed an interest “that Congress be able to legislate against a background of clear interpretive rules‚ so that it may know the effect of the language it adopts.” This report identifies and describes some of the more important rules
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Securing Yourself Online Final Version 1 Attention Catcher: You are at risk. All of us are at risk. I’m not talking about STDs‚ global warming‚ or terrorism. I’m talking about your life online. You’re at risk of having your computer taken over so that perfect strangers can read your e-mail‚ access your bank accounts‚ pilfer your credit card numbers‚ and even steal your identity. 2 Listeners Link: Speakers Credibility: As college students‚ we’re particularly vulnerable because we spend
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Subscribe to blog Subscribe via RSS 52 Things to do in Singapore before you die Posted by Bryan Choo on Monday‚ 25 November 2013 in Featured Attraction ReviewsFont size: Larger SmallerSubscribe to this entryPrintSome say Singapore is boring. That there isn’t anything to do besides shopping‚ eating‚ movie watching and um... queuing. Why do people spend hours lining up for tyre manufacturer recommended dim sum‚ American donuts and black Japanese cats? They must be really bored to give up their
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Gunjal Introduction Island Country in South-East Asia Highly urbanized One of major commercial hub Fourth biggest financial centre One of five biggest port Type of Government Singapore is a sovereign republic‚ with a legal system based on the English common law. The Constitution lays down the fundamental principles and basic framework for the three organs of state‚ namely‚ the Executive‚ the Legislative and the Judiciary.
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Firstly‚ statutory provision consists of services legally required by statute (Dictionary.com‚ 2016)‚ such as the NHS‚ Gwynedd Social Services and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (class notes‚ 2016). On the other hand‚ voluntary provision refers to non-profit‚ voluntary organisations that offer optional services to the public (Merriam-Webster‚ 2016)‚ and some examples include the NSPCC‚ RVS and Age Cymru (class notes‚ 2016). Lastly‚ private provision involves private‚ independent services that
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